Manhattans, manhattan drink recipes

Pour Canadian rye whiskey, Cointreau, sweet vermouth and bitters into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Stir ingredients together to chill. Strain over fresh ice in a cocktail glass, add an orange twist, and serve.

Pour the Applejack brandy, vermouth and orange bitters into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry, and serve.

Combine the vermouth, Southern Comfort and bitters with 2 - 3 ice cubes in a mixing glass. Stir gently, don't bruise the spirits and cloud the drink. Place a maraschino cherry in a chilled cocktail glass and strain the whiskey mixture over the cherry. Rub the cut edge of a twist of lemon peel over the rim of the glass and twist it over the drink to release the oils. Then drop it in, and serve.

Combine the vermouth, bourbon whiskey, and bitters with 2 - 3 ice cubes in a mixing glass. Stir gently, don't bruise the spirits and cloud the drink. Place the cherry in a chilled cocktail glass and strain the whiskey mixture over the cherry. Rub the cut edge of the orange peel over the rim of the glass and twist it over the drink to release the oils but don't drop it in.

VARIATION: No bitters. Substitute a twist of lime for the cherry and orange. Hold the lime twist in a lighted match over the drink and then drop it in. The heat really zips up the lime flavor.

Build the Maker's Mark Bourbon whiskey and Frangelico hazelnut liqueur in an old-fashioned glass over ice and garnish with a maraschino cherry. Alternatively, muddle the cherry with ice before adding the Maker's Mark Bourbon whiskey and Frangelico hazelnut liqueur.

Add 1/2 oz dry vermouth in a chilled cocktail glass, and roll the vermouth around the glass and throw away the excess. In a mixing glass with ice, pour crown royal, amaretto, and orange bitters and stir. Strain into cocktail glass, and garnish with orange peel and maraschino cherry.